Clothing of the Common Sort, 1570-1700

Notes:

Scholarly work dealing with the clothes worn by the children of 'ordinary' people - the latter comprising the vast majority of the population - yet little studied. Uses probate records extensively. Also deal with production issues and the wide range of craftspeople who contributed to production including ready-made clothing. Chapters include: 'Probate accounts and clothing'; 'Cost of apparel in seventeenth-century England, and the accuracy of Gregory King'; 'Clothing the poorest - evidence for poor relief records'; 'Clothing the families of labourers, and husbandmen and their peer groups, leaving goods worth up to £100'; 'Clothing the families of yeomen and their peers, leaving goods worth £100-£300'; 'Clothing the families of the 'chief inhabitants' - evidence from probate accounts with a charge value of £300 and above'; 'Customers and tradesmen'; 'Clothing of the common sort'